Oxford will host the UK’s first Public Health Film Festival from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June at the Phoenix Cinema on Walton Street and the Radcliffe Humanities Building, which will include a variety of feature films, short films, workshops, panel discussions and events.

The theme of the festival is ‘Past, Present and Future,’ and the festival will showcase films that demonstrate how the understanding of population health has shaped the past, our present; and how it will undoubtedly shape the future.

There will also be events taking place at the Radcliffe Humanities Building on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter on Woodstock Road, Oxford (opposite the Royal Oak pub)

The Programme:

Friday 27th June

18.00 – Start, Phoenix Cinema

18.00 Welcome and opening remarks

18.15 FILM SCREENING: “What is Public Health” by the Wessex Deanery

18.30 FILM SCREENING: “Dallas Buyers Club” (Past)

20.30 Transfer to the Radcliffe Humanities Building for Short talk and Q&A

21.30 Informal social

Saturday 28th June

11.00 Welcome and introduction to the two films.

11.15 FILM SCREENING: “Nero’s Guest” followed by “Sea of Change” (Present), Phoenix Cinema

13.30 Lunch break

2.30 Talk by Sarah Gayton, Producer of Sea of Change, on the impact of film on advocacy, followed by Q&A on “Sea of Change”, Radcliffe Humanities Building

3.30 Workshop: ‘Get started in making your own public health film’ Radcliffe Humanities Building 3.30 FILM SCREENING: “New public health films showcase”, Radcliffe Humanities Building

16.15 FILM SCREENING: “Contagion” (present-future), Phoenix Cinema

18.30 The role of the Public Health Consultant and Public Health Careers – Chair of the Public Health Medicine Committee, British Medical Association